The night was dark, and in the wing room, Qin Yijian and the others in the same room were already snoring loudly, but Mingtai was tossing and turning. Chen Gang was the feudal official of the Han State that he had in-depth contact with, but it was too far from what he imagined. There is no suave romance, nor is it brilliant, and there is no prestige that can be convincing at a glance, but the world is tight, and the citizens are tight. Between words, three or two sentences can pull people to how to make money and how to use money when they make money, as if he is not a feudal official, but a businessman.

But thinking about it carefully, Mingtai shuddered, what were the officials of the Han State thinking, they were trying to make money for the people, of course, they were also trying to collect taxes in the name of justice, but the taxes they received, the first time they didn't think about handing over the treasury to curry favor with their superiors or their emperors, but planning how to build bridges and pave roads, how to build water conservancy, and how to use the money in their hands to attract more money.

He is not like an official, but more like a treasurer, but his owner is the people under his rule.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of the couple he met during the day, and he didn't even want the future he promised, but he was willing to sell their cool skins in this Shannan county, because now their lives can be realistically looked forward to the future, and what they give doesn't know if they have a life to enjoy.

Their choice may be correct, if they don't have to work hard, they can earn a good life, so why bother to fight with their heads? I'd rather be a peace dog than a troubled person.

The government is being renovated, and there are not enough houses to accommodate them, so they can only squeeze a few people into a room, Cao Tianci even squeezed into a room with Chen Gang, fortunately, Chen Gang came to take office and did not bring his family.

Although the night was already very late. But it was still very lively outside, and the repairs in the government office did not stop because of the arrival of the night, but a group of people were changed, and they were still working overtime, and the energetic Shannan County Guard Chen Gang put on his dirty official uniform at this time, jumping up and down outside to command.

It's true that there is no official appearance at all. Those Qin officials who Mingtai himself had seen were completely people from two worlds. Those officials of the Qin State never get tired of eating fine, and they don't get tired of being fine. Wear a must-wear brocade clothes, go out of the car and hug the horse, always be so polite, and speak appropriately, which makes people admire at first sight, but do it? Mingtai shook his head.

Anyway, he couldn't sleep, so Mingtai simply walked to the window, gently pushed the window open, and quietly looked at the workers who were working in the yard. These are all locals, and although they are not allowed to rest at night, they are all smiling, because Mingtai already knows. Their wages for night work are 10 percent higher than those for the white workers.

The Han Empire seems to be a place where money is used to measure value everywhere, which seems vulgar to say. But it can most effectively leverage everyone's motivation. Mingtai himself was born in a wealthy family since he was a child, and after the accident at home, the Ming family who saved him was also a wealthy and noble family. He has never been short of money, but this does not mean that he does not know the pain of not having money, when he was young, as a member of the Black Ice Terrace, he often had to lurk to complete tasks, in those days, he had seen too many things that suffocated heroes because of a penny, that is not a story, but a real existence in this world.

You can't ask a person to pay attention to etiquette and honor and disgrace when he is hungry, only when he solves the most basic survival needs, can he guide people to have a outlook on life and values. And the Han State is walking on this path, and in many parts of the Han Empire, they have already completed this stage.

Through the Han Daily, Mingtai learned a lot of the laws of the Han Empire, many of which were originally inconceivable to him, such as the compulsory education law, in the Han Kingdom, children who have reached the age of six, regardless of gender, must be sent to public primary schools, violators, parents will be punished, will cancel many of their benefits as Han people, and on the daytime wine table, one of the things Chen Gang said is that a public primary school will be built in the county town of Shannan County, and those school-age children will be admitted to school for free, This guy, who was stingy even with a few workers, generously paid a lot of money to run the school. It would be nice to say that the person doing this is a well-educated person, but this guy is a businessman!

Mingtai felt a little dry mouth, picked up the cold tea on the table and drank it all, many things were learned through intelligence, through the newspapers of the Han Dynasty, it was always like watching flowers in a fog, only when you really came into contact with them, you can understand how terrible they are.

Many of the beautiful visions depicted in the Datong society, which can only be seen in books, are showing their rudiments little by little in the Han Empire.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Gao Yuan, the man who created the name of a king that has never been seen since ancient times, gave up all power when he ascended to the highest position.

Although Mingtai disagrees with the statement that all the power he claims comes from the people, he has to admit that his practice has made the people's support for him reach an unprecedented level.

He founded the Han kingdom single-handedly, but when he reached the pinnacle of power, he gave up everything he deserved. Even when he led the army to fight in the Qin State this time, he was actually elected by the Great Council as the commander of the whole army and sent him a letter of appointment, which seemed to the people of the Qin State or a joke, but now Mingtai understands a lot of the relationship. In the Han Kingdom, any existence that goes beyond the law will be stifled to the greatest extent.

Gao Yuan personally put the supreme kingship in a cage and put a lock on it, and they gave the key to this lock to the representatives of the people. Mingtai can think that Gao Yuan's life for a day will have a huge impact on the politics of the Han State, but it is only one life, when Gao Yuan is gone, the successor emperor will never be able to firmly use his influence to grasp the domestic political trend like Gao Yuan, or as long as two or three generations are inherited, the position of the emperor, as Gao Yuan said, will truly become a spiritual vision, a symbol of a country, a high Bodhisattva and will no longer have any real power and influence on governance.

Or, people who are annoying, their thoughts are always different from normal people, and Gao Yuan, in any way, does not look like a normal person. His mind always seems to be far ahead of this era.

Mingtai decided not to think about it anymore, he wanted to go and sleep well, and after getting up tomorrow, he would follow Cao Tianci's advice and go to the Han Kingdom to walk around, from Dayan County, Jishi County, and then to Jicheng, this is the road that Gao Yuan walked back then, on this road, he may be able to learn more about Gao Yuan's thoughts.

When he just stood up and was about to close the window, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside, and the horse stopped outside the gate of the palace, and then a person rushed all the way, took out a small bamboo tube from his arms, and handed it to Chen Gang, who was directing the construction in the yard.

Opening the letter in the bamboo tube, Chen Gang read it hastily, first with a surprised look on his face, and then laughed, lifted his robe, and ran into the bedroom where Cao Tianci was resting, which made Mingtai can't help but wonder what news Chen Gang received so surprised, this is not a person who makes a fuss at first glance.

But a moment later, louder laughter came, and footsteps sounded outside, but they were coming towards him. Listening to the voice, it was Cao Tianci and Chen Gang.

"Commander Ming, have you slept?" Cao Tianci's knock sounded outside.

Mingtai opened the door and saw that Mingtai was dressed neatly, Cao Tianci couldn't help but be taken aback: "Commander Ming hasn't rested yet?" ”

"I didn't feel sleepy, so I just got up." Mingtai smiled: "The two of you are so happy, did your army win the battle?" Did you take Hangu Pass? ”

Mingtai guessed that what could make these two high-ranking people so excited, maybe only the matter of taking Hangu Pass, of course, taking Xianyang would make them happier, but in terms of time, it was definitely not enough, and now Xianyang has also gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, although most of them are farmers who have just put down their hoes, but even if it is hundreds of thousands of pigs, it is not three or two days to cut them all down at once.

"There are many ugly people who make a lot of mistakes, and their commander is the commander, and their general Lu has made another move, but this move is indeed very unexpected for us. It's really unthinkable, unthinkable! Cao Tianci smiled and handed the letter in his hand to Mingtai.

"There is news from Xianyang, Qin Wang Chan is located in the general Lu Chao, this is okay, Lu Chao is now the de facto king of Qin, but Lu Chao ascended the throne one day and proclaimed himself emperor the next day, which is really ridiculous." Cao Tianci shook his head again and again.

Mingtai opened the letter paper in his hand, looked at the contents of the paper carefully, and shook his head with a wry smile: "He is really crazy, and now Xianyang itself is in the wind and rain, and when he does this, doesn't he push some people away from him?" ”

"Or, he is taking advantage of this to find out his opponents and potential opponents, and then boil them in a pot, I know, now Lu Chao is desperately scavenging for money, grain and grass, his move, maybe it will provoke the fierce resistance of those Ying nobles in Xianyang City, and he just took this opportunity to make a fortune, he gathered hundreds of thousands of people outside Xianyang City, repaired fortifications, built fortresses, and made weapons, which is not a flowing water-like money!" Chen Gang analyzed from the perspective of a businessman: "Lu Chao is not a madman, he is shrewd!" ”

Mingtai shook his head and returned the letter to Cao Tianci: "Tomorrow I will set off, first go to Dayan County Dayan Lake to visit the seniors there, and then set off from Dayan County all the way to Jicheng, just like you said, take a good look." ”

"That's very good, but I can't accompany you, His Majesty the Emperor has arrived in Jinyang, I'm going to rush there, but I've already arranged for someone to lead the way for you."

"Thank you very much." (To be continued.) )